Arrgghhh!
(smacks head)
Just sussed it. I'd got an older copy of the exim binary as
/usr/lib/sendmail which didn't understand ignore_target_hosts. I've since
replaced it with a link to the current exim binary
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Hazel [
mailto:ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk]
Sent: 23 April 2001 09:42
To: Paul Walsh
Cc: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [Exim] ignore_target_hosts
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Paul Walsh wrote:
> I'm using 3.22 and have the following Transport + Router:
>
> # This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
>
> External:
> driver = smtp
>
> # This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP using a DNS lookup with
> # default options.
>
> lookuphost:
> driver = lookuphost
> ignore_target_hosts = 127.0.0.1
> transport = External
>
> As I understand it, ignore_target_hosts should stop mail destined for a
host
> whose DNS resolves to 127.0.0.1. However, I'm seeing the following in our
> panic log:
>
> 2001-04-23 08:30:05 Exim configuration error
> option "ignore_target_hosts" unknown in line 579
>
> Is there a problem, or has my brain ceased to function, causing me to put
> ignore_target_hosts in the wrong place?
I can't see a problem, so I guess my brain has also ceased to function.
Do you get the same error when you test the configuration with -C?
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Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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